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The president's bus leads a motorcade in 2011. Ground Force One is the unofficial code-name for the black armored buses used to transport the president of the United States and other dignitaries. [1] The United States Secret Service formerly used rented buses as part of
When traveling, President Bush took along two of the armored limousines (flown by either C-5 or C-17), one for use and one for backup. This proved fortuitous during a 2007 trip to Rome where one of the presidential state cars stalled for five minutes on a street; the car was restarted, but was replaced with the backup limousine after President ...
There are at least ten limousines. There is also a bus unofficially called Ground Force One officially called Stagecoach, while the president is aboard, which is operated by the Secret Service. The first serving president to ride in a car was President William McKinley, who briefly rode in a Stanley Motor Carriage Company steam car on July 13 ...
The president has no shortage of transit options, from Air Force One and Marine One to Cadillac One.Now meet Ground Force One, the president's armored bus and the most recent addition to the ...
President Jimmy Carter, much to the consternation of his Secret Service agents, has unexpectedly climbed onto the rooftop of his armored limousine as it stopped in downtown Tacoma.
The president of the United States travels in a heavily armored, custom-built limousine, which is often referred to as Limo One, Cadillac One, or its less formal nickname of "the Beast." The vehicle is based on a GMC Topkick platform, and has the outward appearance of an enlarged Cadillac DTS limousine, with styling elements from other vehicles ...
The president has no shortage of transit options, from Air Force One and Marine One to Cadillac One. Now meet the most recent addition to the fleet. Meet Ground Force One, the president's $1.1 ...
Clint Hill, the U.S. Secret Service agent who leaped atop John Kennedy's limousine to shield the mortally wounded president and long wondered if he could have saved him by acting quicker, has died ...